Lecturer Appointment Scam: CBI conducts raid at Ranchi Women's College

Ranchi: A team of the CBI on Tuesday conducted raids at the Ranchi Women's College in connection with the lecturers appointment scam of 2008 and took a professor of English into custody.

Though there has been no official confirmation by…

Mob lynching in capital: Three policemen suspended, City SP to conduct probe

Ranchi: Three policemen including a Sub Inspector and two Assistant Sub Inspectors have been suspended by Ranchi SSP Surendra Kumar Jha over the mob lynching in capital and has handed over the probe of the case to Ranchi City SP.

Sub Inspector…

Issue of mob lynching raised in assembly, government assures action against guilty

Ranchi: The state government on Tuesday assured that necessary action will be taken against the culprits in connection with the mob lynching of youth in the capital.

On the eight day of the ongoing budget session of the Jharkhand Assembly as…

Govt employees to get full DA benefits from July

New Delhi (IANS) Central government employees and pensioners will get full benefits of dearness allowance starting July 1, with all the three pending installments being restored prospectively, Minister for State for Finance, Anurag Thakur said in…

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat quits

Dehradun (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday resigned and handed his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya.

The move came after heavy speculation through out morning, with Rawat expected to address a press…

PM launches Maitri Setu between Tripura and Bangladesh

Agartala (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the eastern and northeastern regions of India, along with Bangladesh, are being developed as a trade corridor.

Addressing a gathering virtually from Delhi via video-conferencing,…

Sensex surges over 500 points; banking, metal stocks rise

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Tuesday.

The BSE Sensex surged 553 points to touch an intra-day high of 50,994.60 points.

Healthy buying was witnessed in banking, finance and metal stocks.

SC agrees to re-examine 50% quota cap, issues notice to states/UTs

New Delhi (IANS) After nearly three-decades of the Indra Sawhney judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday said the 50 per cent cap on reservation laid down by a 9-judge bench in 1992, could be re-examined in view of subsequent constitutional amendments…

Uzbek & Indian soldiers to start anti-terror drills on U'khand hills

New Delhi (IANS) Uzbek soldiers will carry out counter-terror operation drills along with their Indian counterparts to enhance capabilities starting Tuesday till March 21 in Chaubatia near Ranikhet in Uttarakhand.

As part of the joint exercise,…

'China is not 10 feet tall'

New Delhi (IANS) "China is not 10 feet tall", and alarmism is undermining American strategy towards Beijing, says Ryan Hass, Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution.

Writing in Foreign Affairs, Hass…